The Clinical Research Division’s investigators conduct laboratory and patient-oriented research to better understand the mechanisms that drive cancer and other human diseases.

Integrating a variety of disciplines, our clinical researchers are continually developing new therapeutic approaches and leading clinical trials that help move discoveries from laboratory to patient. Our pioneering research has saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

Optides - a revolutionary new cancer medicine using a new class of anti-cancer compounds that could dramatically improve on traditional chemotherapies.Learn more about our optides research>

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Led by Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, Fred Hutch scientists pioneered the development of bone marrow transplantation to treat leukemia and other blood cancers. Dr. Thomas and his lifesaving work were recognized in 1990 with the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.Read about Dr. E. Donnall Thomas>